Correlation between clinical severity score and the lower esophageal sphincter relaxation pressure in idiopathic achalasia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 278-283

  Yaghoobi, Mohammad ^a   Mikaeli, Javad ^a   Montazeri, Ghodratollah ^a   Nouri, Negin ^a   Sohrabi, Masoud R ^a   Malekzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0037286142     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07266.x     Document Type: Article

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